Director of Community Management
Location: US, MA, Cambridge
Department: Product Management
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Director
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Product Management

Company profile:
Pioneering advanced analytics vendor RapidMiner is redefining how business analysts use Big Data to predict the future. With an open source heritage, RapidMiner is one of today’s most widely known and used predictive analytics platforms, providing powerful solutions for a wide variety of industries.

Job description:
Pioneering advanced analytics vendor RapidMiner is redefining how business analysts use Big Data to predict the future. With an open source heritage, RapidMiner is one of today’s most widely known and used predictive analytics platforms, providing powerful solutions for a wide variety of industries.The Director of Community Management is responsible for engaging influencers, customers, prospects and the technical community to further strengthen awareness of RapidMiner in the marketplace and developer network. We are looking for someone who is passionate about advanced analytics, has a love of presenting and participating in technical communities, can focus on activities that inspire practitioners and developers to engage with our platform technologies, and educate and enable them to innovate and achieve success.ResponsibilitiesEvangelize RapidMiner’s products and marketplace within the developer community including in-person and virtual events, blogs, social media, wiki articles, discussion forums, online courses, code samples, newsletters, webinars and hackathonsBe a focal point for community input and facilitate the dialogue among community membersDrive best practices adoption within the internal and external developer communitiesEnsure the development of compelling educational resources for dramatically increasing adoption of RapidMiner’s technologies in the academic and education communitiesDevelop and execute on strategy around competitive developer platforms, tools and languagesProvide live support at strategic events and marketing activities in the areas of product demonstrations and speaking engagementsPublish open-source projects that allow developers, partners and customers to quickly understand and utilize RapidMiner technologiesWork closely with internal product owners and developers to comprehend and influence upcoming platform technologies, features and tools

Requirements:
Personal characteristicsHigh energy, creative and passionatePossess the ability and aptitude to gain in-depth knowledge of the products presentedCan effectively communicate the strong value propositions of RapidMiner’s products and marketplaceExcellent story telling, verbal and written communication skillsCritical Competencies for Success10+ year’s experience creating data-intensive software solutions in partnership with business analysts, management, database administrators, software developers, information technology professionalsOutstanding communication skills, both written and verbalProven project management skillsA willingness to travel (50%) and ability to work autonomously.

Benefits:
RapidMiner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits.